ZRCV

The ZRCV was a large dirigible aircraft carrier proposed by the Lighter-than-Air Bureau of the Navy Department and the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation. It would have been a nine-million cubic foot airship designed to carry nine Douglas-Northrop BT–1 dive bombers.

Building the ZRCV became impossible when the Roosevelt administration placed an upper limit on the size of new airships.[1]

Origin of name

Previous Navy airships had used the designation "ZR" (Zeppelin Rigid), which was combined with the designation for aircraft carriers, "CV" (Carrier aViation).[2]

References

Wilmoth, Gregory. "False-Failed Innovation" (PDF). Joint Force Quarterly (Autumn/Winter 1999–2000): 53. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
"Aircraft Carrier Designations". Aerospaceweb.org. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

External links

Goodyear and the ZRCV Airship

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[1] Wilmoth, Gregory. "False-Failed Innovation" (PDF). Joint Force Quarterly (Autumn/Winter 1999–2000): 53. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

[2] "Aircraft Carrier Designations". Aerospaceweb.org. Retrieved 16 May 2013.